JOHN C. OLIN FAMILY

  

Picture above is of John C. Olin and Sarah Bassett.

John Coltson Olin b: January 25, 1840 in Chemung, Chemung Cty, NY served in the Civil War[1], d: November 8, 1906 Big Rapids, MI, m: Hulda Stage b: February 15, 1842, d: March 2, 1877 MI [2]. Their children:

Lydia M. Olin b: June 15, 1860 Chemung, NY, m: October 24, 1875 James Burgess, farmer[3]

John Henry Olin b: October 2, 1862 Jackson, MI, d: September 15, 1863 Stanwood, MI

Ida B. Olin b: September 27, 1866 in Jackson, MI m: first to Elbert E. McCabe January 1, 1883 Mecosta Cty, m: 2nd Charles O. Potter November 22, 1885 in Mecosta Cty.[4 ]

James B. Olin b: August 16, 1868 in Mecosta, d: October 15, 1869 in Jackson, MI[5]

Fred B. Olin b: August 29, 1870 in Mecosta Cty, MI, m: to December 6, 1902 in Big Rapids, Mecosta Cty to Emma J. Flick of Winston Twsp. The record shows parents as John C. Olin and Sarah J. Wheaton and James Flick and Catherine Swich. Witness was Sarah J. Olin.

EmmaGene (Emegene or Emma J.) Olin b: April 9, 1873 in NeWaygo Cty, MI, d. December 28,1 898, m: November 4, 1892 in Big Rapids, Mecosta Cty to Edgar J. Decker of Battle Creek.[6] Parents are listed as John & Hulda Stage Olin and Walter Decker and Caroline Reymor. Contact Joanne Decker for more information on this family.

Frances Olin b: April 18, 1873 in Austin Twsp[7]

Eugene Olin[8]

Charles H. Olin b: February 14, 1877 Mecosta, d: August 18, 1877 Mecosta, MI

John Olin m: 2nd September 6, 1877 Sarah J. Bassett Wharton (2nd marriage for Sarah)[9], b: June 1st or 7th, 1846 Franklin, OH, d: April 15, 1934 in Lansing, MI. Their children:

Alford/Alfred Olin [10] b: February 26, 1879 Austin Twsp and d: May 25, 1960 in Bath, Clinton Co., MI. He married Margaret May "Maggie" Gage on August 21, 1898 in Austin. Maggie was born May 6, 1880 in Mecosta Co and was the daughter of Joseph Gage and Lucy L. Jordan. Maggie d: May 14, 1950 in Bath. They had eleven children:

Myrtle Alah Olin b: August 7, 1899 MI, d: December 25, 1976 Grand Ledge, Eaton County, MI. Myrtle m: January 24, 1920 to C.C. Browning

Charlotte Mae Olin b: April 11, 1901 in Stanwood, Mecosta Co., MI d: March 16, 1996 in Lansing, Ingham Co., MI. She m: January 25, 1919 in Michigan to Don Lester Allen, Sr.

Adelbert Russell "Delbert" Olin b: February 19, 1903 in MI, d: June 29, 1984 in Dimondale, Eaton, MI. M: Ruth Morey October 6, 1924.

Sarah Bell "Sadie" Olin b: January 5, 1905 and d: July 21, 1919 in MI-age 14.

Alfred J. "Dutch" Olin b: February 11, 1907 MI, d: August 23, 1995 Evart, Osceola Co., MI.

John Joseph Olin b: July 28, 1909 in MI and d: February 9, 1992 Papillion, Sarpy Co., NE, m: Genevieve

 

Thank you to Terri for information on Alfred's family. Click Here to contact Terri about this family.

Michael Olin? Possibly this was Alfred's middle name?

My great-grandfather, Willard Olin, said there were four children and that Mike was only child by his second wife. As Hulda d: in childbirth with Charles, Fred was the son of John and Sarah. I have since come into contact with a descendant of this family through Alfred. His name is Jack and he can be contacted at: Click Here. He believes that Alfred was the only child of John and Sarah. Jack also submitted the picture of John C. Olin and Hulda Stage above.

Footnotes:

[1] According to the 1880 Michigan Census, John had a servant, John Helpher age 21.

[2] This death date was given by Warren G. Olin, Olin Family Society Historian

[3] Witnesses were John C. Olin and William Taylor (son of Sally M. Taylor).

[4] Charles was most likely a brother to John Potter. Witnesses were John C. Olin and John G. Potter both of Austin Township

[5] The Alfred Olin family bible shows James as dying in September of 1869.

[6] Mecosta County records indicate that Emma J. Olin married Edgar J. Decker on November 4, 1892 in Mecosta. Emma doesn't show up on the 1880 census in Mecosta. However, I have since learned that her name was actually EmmaGene and therefore, she may have showed up as Eugene!

[7] These two children have the same birth year, yet they are only 9 days apart. I wonder if they were twins or were not recorded correctly. There is the possibility that Frances was actually a child of a previous marriage of Sarah Basset's. The other option, since they do not show up in the 1880 census is that these children died young within 9 days of each other.

[8] This child is shown as 7 years of age in the 1880 Michigan Census making his birth year appx. 1873, is he a twin of Frances?

[9] Mecosta County records show a marriage certificate for Alfred Olin, son of John C. and Sarah J. Bassett. Also, another marriage with Sara Yates in 1873 in Mecosta is also shown for John.

[10] Alfred is listed in the 1880 Michigan Census, Mecosta Cty along with John and Sarah Olin.

Note: The family bible for Alfred Olin shows that John C. Olin had 8 children: Lydia, John Henry, Ida B., James, Freddie, Emegene, Charles and Alfred.

I was just searching the internet for some relatives since I am researching my family's genealogy and I happened upon your site. The apparent connection is through my Great Grandmother's sister. My Great Grandmother was Mabel Bradshaw daughter of George Bradshaw and Elizabeth Appleton. During our research my mother found Mabel's obituary (she died 17 Nov 1919 as a result of childbirth complications). The obituary listed several survivors of which one was Mrs. Eugene Olin. That must be your Angeline Bradshaw Olin, so are we very distant cousins? If you are interested in the other survivors I am quite willing to share and if you have happened across any information regarding the Bradshaws or Appletons I would be quite happy if you would share it with me. I can send you some copies of the information I have found but unfortunately my mother did not copy the obituary from which she copied the information. I should be able to get it, though, even if I have to go to Elmira, New York again. I do have the marriage information about Mabel Bradshaw which gives her parent's names and that is official from the Town Clerk of Elmira, New York. Please respond if you are interested. Thank you for putting your information on the internet!

Sincerely,
Heather Valachovic

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